I've just read the newspaper clipping that you linked to in the comment above and, oh god, I am getting all teary-eyed over this: 'and ran half a mile home to be near the boys.' Oh my heart. What a beautiful human being. ♥
He was really such an awesome, awesome guy. And later, he only agreed to play Nazis so people would know what bastards they were and even if he got huge salaries, he would just keep what he needed to manage and donated the rest of it to the UK government and the Red Cross to help with the war effort. Apparently he sent way more money for Allied relief than most other UK actors in Hollywood at the time. And it kind of hurts to think how anxious he must've been, being a thick-accented German in the UK at the time when bombs were raining down from the sky:(. No wonder he did so much for the war kids--in addition to sheltering some at his home, I think it was in Christmas 1939 that he arranged for thousands of packets of candy to be sent to the poorer London kids huddling in shelters because they wouldn't have had any Christmas presents otherwise. I... yeah. Reading about this guy seriously makes me cry at times, no lie.
ALSO OMG YOU REBLOGGED THE LOVE ME FEAR ME DO AS I SAY GIFSET AND I LOVE YOU <3
I do love their clothes on the ship and the way they draped his gorgeous turbans around his head and face and neck and ok, ok, everything looks good when draped around someone tall and skinny, but STILL. And and and I love her iridescent veil in that scene and and and THERE WAS SO MUCH COSTUME PORN IN THAT MOVIE.
EEEEEEEEEE. ♥ ♥ ♥ They both look so gorgeous there I couldn't not reblog (also, Jareth/Sarah feels. I need to rewatch Labyrinth over Christmas). And I just want to reach through the screen and touch my fingers against all the beautiful fabrics in the movie. ;) It's just COSTUME EYE CANDY.
he arranged for thousands of packets of candy to be sent to the poorer London kids huddling in shelters because they wouldn't have had any Christmas presents otherwise. MEEP. *sniffles quietly* That is just so lovely and thoughful and sweet. He was such a beautiful man, inside and out.
AND NOW YOU REBLOGGED THE "ALWAYS JAFFAR" BITS OMG <3 I, too, adore the way her veil billows with her breath and the way Jaffar can't stop moving but keeps stalking and slinking and pouncing around the cabin like a big, beturbanned cat and omg :3 The colours are just breathtaking--I love the deep blue (and all the historically accurate bazillion layers) of Jaffar's robes and shalwars and the bright red turban and how they just accentuate Connie's crazy eyes perfectly. And I don't know if it was at all a historical nod, but the golden vines on the princess's jacket, well--vines represented passionate, possessive love, and mystics called God's love a bunch of golden vines. (That symbolism will be used pretty heavily in the Doctor/Master Persiafic, BTW). And Jaffar gave her that outfit! Also, holy fuck, I know the "pretty girl for sale in slave market" thing is a terrible Orientalist cliche (well, at least all the porny paintings were because they never stripped girls in public) but... but... JAFFAR BOUGHT HER. HE BOUGHT HER. AS HIS
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I've just read the newspaper clipping that you linked to in the comment above and, oh god, I am getting all teary-eyed over this: 'and ran half a mile home to be near the boys.' Oh my heart. What a beautiful human being. ♥
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I do love their clothes on the ship and the way they draped his gorgeous turbans around his head and face and neck and ok, ok, everything looks good when draped around someone tall and skinny, but STILL. And and and I love her iridescent veil in that scene and and and THERE WAS SO MUCH COSTUME PORN IN THAT MOVIE.
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he arranged for thousands of packets of candy to be sent to the poorer London kids huddling in shelters because they wouldn't have had any Christmas presents otherwise. MEEP. *sniffles quietly* That is just so lovely and thoughful and sweet. He was such a beautiful man, inside and out.
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